"AL" wrote in message
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Ken Springer wrote:

On 5/29/13 4:17 PM, AL wrote:

Biggest desktop thing I miss is the start button. But I guess that's
everybody's complaint.

There's at least 20 different Start button replacements out there for
both Win 7 and Win 8. Not to mention the Quick Launch bar replacements.

True. But as I said I'm avoiding the 3rd party stuff to get used to
using W8 as it currently exists. And though I originally missed the
Start button, it's not so much now. For example Win + Q and then Esc
gets me quickly to the Apps screen. And I especially like the menu
that comes up when right clicking the lower left screen corner. I may
even come to like the OS in time... 8-O



When I get Win8 running on real hardware,
not a VM, I will search out 3rd party utilities to customize the
computer to work the way I want it to, not the way MS or Apple has set
things up.

There's lots of 3rd party stuff out there already. But I wanted to
learn to use the UI as it is for awhile. Later we'll see...

Which is why my VM installs will remain "native", the only customization
I'll have there is what's available from withing the OS itself. No 3rd
party stuff.


(Reply to both Al and Ken)
I could probably get used to the MUI faster if it would allow a
"finger-swipe" using a mouse from anywhere on the screen instead of having
to use the horizontal scroll bar. I recently bought an Asus tablet and can
get around the screens well using my fingers, and a stylus for the fine
work, so when I go back to my Win8 laptop, I try to emulate that swipe with
the mouse, but no joy :-( That one thing for me could possibly convince me
to uninstall StartIsBack and use the native Win8 interface.

Aside to Al- you must not be as OC as I am; I end up cleaning my tablet
screen two or three times per session, even though I make sure my hands are
clean and dry before messing around with it :-)
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SC Tom